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nugget

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nug·get  (ngt)
n.
1. A small, solid lump, especially of gold.
2. A small compact portion or unit: nuggets of information.

[Perhaps diminutive of English dialectal nug, lump.]

nugget [ˈnʌgɪt]
n
1. a small piece or lump, esp of gold in its natural state
2. something small but valuable or excellent
[origin unknown]

Nugget [ˈnʌgɪt] NZ
n
™ shoe polish
vb
(tr; sometimes not capital) informal to shine (shoes)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.nuggetnugget - a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth
hunk, lump - a large piece of something without definite shape; "a hunk of bread"; "a lump of coal"

nugget
noun lump, piece, mass, chunk, clump, hunk Miners sifting gravel from the Yukon River in search of gold nuggets
Translations
nugget [ˈnʌgɪt] N (Min) → pepita f
gold nuggetpepita de oro

nugget [ˈnʌgɪt] n
[gold] → pépite f
[butter] → noix f
a nugget of information → un renseignement
a nugget of truth → une parcelle de vérité
(COOKERY) morceau de viande, de poisson ou de légume en beignet
chicken nuggets → nuggets de poulet

nugget
n (of gold etc)Klumpen m; (fig: of information, knowledge) → Brocken m, → Bröckchen nt

nugget [ˈnʌgɪt] npepita
nugget [ˈnʌgɪt] npepita

nugget
n nugget [ˈnagit]
a lump, especially of gold. klont شَذْرَه من مَعْدَن чиста буца (злато) valoun klump; -klump das Nugget βόλος συν. χρυσού pepita kamakas قطعه؛ تکه فلز kimpale pépite גוּש זָהָב कच्चा सोना, मूल्यवान grumen (arany)rög bungkahan emas (gull)moli pepita 金塊 (귀금속 등의) 덩어리 grynuolis tīrradnis ketulan (goud)klompje (gull)klump samorodek pepita pepită самородок hruda kepa zlata grumen klump, klimp ก้อนโลหะมีค่า külçe, topak 天然金塊 самородок سونے کا ڈلا vàng cục tự nhiên ,


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That ring with the rough nugget on it was above it, and the twisted snake ring on the third finger.
You have noticed this nugget I wear on my watch-chain, steward?
Before a week was over he was to come across a large nugget of pure gold, the largest nugget that had ever been discovered, and bring it down to the coast in a waggon guarded by six mounted policemen.
 
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